Soitec SA designs and manufactures semiconductor materials. The company operates through the Electronics and Others Business segments. The Electronics segment offers services to the semiconductor sector, producing and marketing substrates and components. The Others Business segment operates in Solar Energy sector, which also provides financing activities related to the Touwsrivier solar power plant in South Africa, as well as certain ongoing maintenance activities, primarily in Europe and the United States. The company was founded by Jean-Michel Lamure and Andre-Jacques Auberton-Herve on February 27, 1992, and is headquartered in Bernin, France.